Dear RMA members, A vital research resource that many of us have used, the BBC Written Archives, is proposing to seriously restrict access to materials. The BBC’s new policy for the […]
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Author: Dan Elphick
Statement on the National Endowment for the Humanities Cuts and their Effects on the American Musicological Society
We write, as major learned societies and advocates for Music in the United Kingdom, profoundly disturbed at how the proposed termination of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants will […]
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RMA signs UK Performing Arts subject associations letter to REF director
Joint letter from the UK performing arts subject associations: British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS), DanceHE, DramaHE, Royal Musical Association, Society for Dance Research and Theatre and […]
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Registration open – Everyday Music Scenes: Pubs, Clubs and ‘Stutes
Registration is now open for Everyday Music Scenes: Pubs, Clubs and ‘Stutes 14th-15th April 2025 This Royal Musical Association (RMA) Study Day will take place at Newcastle University and surrounding […]
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‘Music on the Move in Eastern Europe’: Inaugural conference of the RMA Music of Eastern Europe and Eurasia Study Group
28-29 May 2025, Victoria Rooms, Department of Music, University of Bristol Convenors: Pauline Fairclough and Mariia Romanets Invited speakers including: Leah Batstone (University of Vienna) “A Ukrainian Choir and the ‘Russian […]
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Statement from the Royal Musical Association on the School of Music at Cardiff University
We write, as the UK’s oldest and most prestigious learned society for Music, in shock at the announcement that Cardiff University is contemplating closing its School of Music by the […]
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Study Day Report: Musical Glocalities and their Influence
The RMA Study Day on Musical Glocalities and their influence took place as part of Wintersound Festival on 16th,17th and 18th January 2025 at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU). Evening […]
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Choral Singing and the Transnational (RMA Study Day)
This Royal Musical Association (RMA) Study Day is hosted jointly by the University of Glasgow and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and will take place in the Scottish Music Centre on […]
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RMA PhD/ECR event: Pathways to Publication
Hosted by: University of Bristol Music Department 4th March 2025, 1- 4 pm, G.22 (Albert’s Bar), The Victoria Rooms, Bristol BS8 1SA This event is designed to outline potential pathways […]
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2023 Tippett Medal awarded to Timothy Cooper
Composition prize
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